Barack Obama

Barack H. Obama is the 44th president of the United States. He was born in Hawaii on Aug. 4, 1961. After college he moved to Chicago, where he became a community activist. Obama attended law school at Harvard, returning to Chicago as an attorney and law professor, and was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2004. Obama, America's first black president, was elected Nov. 4, 2008, and re-elected in 2012. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

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Rep. Chris Van Hollen said Thursday he will support President Barack Obama's controversial nuclear agreement with Iran, a decision that could have implications for the Democrat's campaign for Senate in Maryland.
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Surely this wasn't what Barack Obama had in mind.
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Rep. Donna F. Edwards on Wednesday criticized her opponent in Maryland's Senate race, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, for "holding his finger to the air" rather than coming out in support of a nuclear agreement with Iran negotiated by the Obama...

President Obama is said to be considering an executive order requiring federal contractors to disclose their political spending. He should sign it immediately.
But he should go further and ban all political spending by federal contractors that receive...

It was always going to be a nail-biter, but the announcement today that Iran and six nations led by the United States had reached a historic agreement to limit Tehran's nuclear program was still a stunning development after nearly two years in the making....

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama cut the prison sentences of 46 non-violent offenders on Monday, including 14 who were serving life sentences, saying "their punishments didn't fit the crime."
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